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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD79FA001

1978-10-03 LEXINGTON, Kentucky, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N338J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

XAG P100 PRO

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3B44F

Registrant of record

HENNINGSEN AG SERVICE LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N338J Piper PA-31P Fatal

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

PIPER PA-31P · N338J

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

Business

Airport

BLUE GRASS

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Temp

59° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000031P-51

Total time

1,889 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

11,226

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LAPS FOUND EXTENDED.

Investigator remarks

BOTH PROP BLADE ANGLES FOUND AT 30DEG SETTINGS,F

Cause factors

74/C/AB C
POWERPLANT CRANKSHAFT Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
64/B/20 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
88/B/07 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
82/L/B L
WEATHER RAIN
82/L/C L
WEATHER FOG

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4186. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4186.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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